Mobile terminal including touch rotary dial display
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1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal including a touch input device, the method comprising:
- displaying a rotary dial including a plurality of soft keys in a circular pattern on a screen of the touch input device;
touch selecting one of the soft keys and sliding the selected soft key along the rotary dial to a rotary stopper displayed on the rotary dial, wherein the rotary dial rotates as the selected soft key is slid to the rotary stopper and the rotary stopper does not rotate as the rotary dial rotates;
displaying the selected soft key as being rotated back to its original displayed position as the selected rotary soft key is released from being touched;
displaying information corresponding to the selected and slid rotary soft key;
executing a function related to the displayed information when none of the soft keys is touch selected for a predetermined period after a last one of the soft keys is touch selected and slid to the rotary stopper, wherein the displayed information is a number or character corresponding to the selected and slid soft key when the selected and slid soft key is not slid into the rotary dial stopper but is released before the rotary dial stopper;
displaying an editor screen for editing a message on the screen of the touch input device, the editor screen comprising an information stored in a memory corresponding to the soft key when the soft key is selected and dragged into an inside area of the rotary dial; and
executing a function corresponding to a menu icon associated with the selected soft key when the soft key is selected and dragged to the menu icon displayed on an outside area of the rotary dial,wherein the function related to the displayed information corresponds to a phone dialing function.
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Abstract
A method of executing a function through a touch input device. The method includes displaying a plurality of soft keys on a screen of the touch input device, and executing a function when one of the soft keys is touched and slid on the screen of the touch input device and an input instruction is entered to execute the assigned function.
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1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal including a touch input device, the method comprising:
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displaying a rotary dial including a plurality of soft keys in a circular pattern on a screen of the touch input device; touch selecting one of the soft keys and sliding the selected soft key along the rotary dial to a rotary stopper displayed on the rotary dial, wherein the rotary dial rotates as the selected soft key is slid to the rotary stopper and the rotary stopper does not rotate as the rotary dial rotates; displaying the selected soft key as being rotated back to its original displayed position as the selected rotary soft key is released from being touched; displaying information corresponding to the selected and slid rotary soft key; executing a function related to the displayed information when none of the soft keys is touch selected for a predetermined period after a last one of the soft keys is touch selected and slid to the rotary stopper, wherein the displayed information is a number or character corresponding to the selected and slid soft key when the selected and slid soft key is not slid into the rotary dial stopper but is released before the rotary dial stopper; displaying an editor screen for editing a message on the screen of the touch input device, the editor screen comprising an information stored in a memory corresponding to the soft key when the soft key is selected and dragged into an inside area of the rotary dial; and executing a function corresponding to a menu icon associated with the selected soft key when the soft key is selected and dragged to the menu icon displayed on an outside area of the rotary dial, wherein the function related to the displayed information corresponds to a phone dialing function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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a touch screen display configured to display a rotary dial including a plurality of soft keys in a circular pattern; and a controller configured to receive a touch selection signal indicating one of the soft keys has been touched and slid along the rotary dial and to a rotary stopper displayed on the rotary dial, to rotate the rotary dial as the selected soft key is slid to the rotary stopper and not to rotate the rotary stopper as the rotary dial rotates, to display the selected soft key as being rotated back to its original displayed position as the selected rotary soft key is released from being touched, to display information corresponding to the selected and slid rotary soft key, and to execute a function related to the displayed information when none of the soft keys is touch selected for a predetermined period after a last one of the soft keys is touch selected and slid to the rotary stopper, wherein the displayed information is a number or character corresponding to the selected and slid soft key when the selected and slid soft key is not slid into the rotary dial stopper but is released before the rotary dial stopper, wherein the function related to the displayed information corresponds to a phone dialing function, and wherein the controller is further configured to; display an editor screen for editing a message on the screen of the touch input device, the editor screen comprising an information stored in a memory corresponding to the soft key when the soft key is selected and dragged into an inside area of the rotary dial; and execute a function corresponding to the menu icon associated with the selected soft key when the soft key is selected and dragged to the menu icon displayed on an outside area of the rotary dial. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of controlling a mobile terminal including a touch input device, the method comprising:
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displaying an arc-shaped region including a first soft key corresponding to a first function and a second soft key according to a second function;
touch selecting one of the first soft key or the second soft key;displaying information corresponding to the selected first key or second key; dragging the selected soft key along the arc-shaped region toward a predetermined position on the arc-shaped region, wherein the predetermined position exists between the first soft key and the second soft key; executing the function corresponding to the selected soft key when the dragging operation is sensed and the selected soft key is slid past the predetermined position, wherein the displayed information is a number or character corresponding to the selected and slid soft key when the selected and slid soft key is not slid into the rotary dial stopper but is released before the rotary dial stopper; displaying an editor screen for editing a message on the screen of the touch input device, the editor screen comprising an information stored in a memory corresponding to the soft key when the soft key is selected and dragged into an inside area of the rotary dial; and executing a function corresponding to the menu icon associated with the selected soft key when the soft key is selected and dragged to the menu icon displayed on an outside area of the rotary dial, wherein the function corresponding to the selected soft key corresponds to a phone dialing function.
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19. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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a touch input device configured to display an arc-shaped region including a first soft key corresponding to a first function and a second soft key according to a second function; and a controller configured to receive a touch selecting signal indicating one of the first soft key or the second soft key has been touch selected and dragged toward a predetermined position on the arc-shaped region, to display the touch selected key as moving toward the predetermined position on the arc-shaped region based on the received touch selecting signal, to display information corresponding to the touch selected key;
wherein the predetermined position exists between the first soft key and the second soft key, and to execute the function corresponding to the selected soft key when the dragging operation is sensed and the selected soft key is slid past the predetermined position,wherein the displayed information is a number or character corresponding to the selected and slid soft key when the selected and slid soft key is not slid into the rotary dial stopper but is released before the rotary dial stopper, wherein the function corresponding to the selected soft key corresponds to a phone dialing function, and wherein the controller is further configured to; display an editor screen for editing a message on the screen of the touch input device, the editor screen comprising an information stored in a memory corresponding to the soft key when the soft key is selected and dragged into an inside area of the rotary dial; and execute a function corresponding to the menu icon associated with the selected soft key when the soft key is selected and dragged to the menu icon displayed on an outside area of the rotary dial.
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